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NOVEMBER 1,
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
1924
49
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
Technicians' Association
Starts Membership Drive
A. K. Gutsohn, President, Sends Out Invitation
to Leading Technical Men of the Trade to
Join New Body
Invitations to join the National Piano Tech-
nicians' Association have just been sent out by
A. K. Gutsohn, superintendent of the Standard
Pneumatic Action Co., New York, who is
founder and president of the Association. The
letters have been sent to piano manufacturers,
superintendents and supply men in all parts of
the country to explain the purpose of the new
•'body and to urge co-operation on the part of
all the leading factors of the industry.
The National Piano Technicians' Association,
which was formed during the National Music
, Industries Convention in New York last June,
has already been made a division member of the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Gutsohn has been actively engaged since that
time with the numerous details of organization
and has appointed committees and drawn up a
set of by-laws practically unassisted. He is now
starting his drive for membership, which is de-
serving of prompt attention on the part of the
manufacturers.
"The aim of this society," his letter reads in
part, "is to devote itself to the study and im-
provement of the many technical processes inci-
dental to the production of pianos and their
component parts. The exchange of ideas on
subjects under discussion, which will be dis-
tributed among members in written form, will
not only improve the present-day technician
but will help to encourage and build up the
younger element, which some day will be called
upon to assume the duties of superintendents or
technical engineers.
"So large is the field of possibilities in this
direction that the benefits derived from this
society can only be limited by the support it
receives, first, from the active superintendent
and technician, and, second, from the manufac-
turer himself."
The invitations are written on the new sta-
tionery of the Association, the letterhead of
which includes the lists of the officers and
executive committee of the body. The officers
are: A. K. Gutsohn, president; E. J. Fishbaugh,
superintendent of Lyon & Healy, Inc., Chicago,
MESSAGE
FOR YOU
Are you still wasting your time and
going to the expense of scraping off old
varnish and shellac to eliminate the
checks and cracks in order to secure a
smooth surface for refinishing?
Use Behlen's Varnish Crack Eradi-
cator.
It saves time, trouble and, incidentally,
expense, at the same time giving you as
fine a body surface for the new finish
as you could possibly wish for.
A sample can for trial awaits your
request.
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellac.
10-12
vice-president, and Alfred L. Smith, secretary
and treasurer. The executive committee is com-
posed of the following superintendents: Henry
Fry, of the Brambach Piano Co.; Charles Gross,
of Charles M. Stieff, Inc.; T. A. Johansen, of the
Cable Company; Charles Miller, of the Aeolian
Co., and Emil Voelkel, of Hardman, Peck &
Co.
New Instructional Courses
in Lumber and Wood Use
U. S. Forest Products Laboratory Announces
New Series of Courses for Benefit of Members
of Lumber and Wood-Using Industries
MADISON, WIS., October 27.—A group of three
instructional courses will be given in December
at the United States Forest Products Labora-
tory here for members of the lumber and wood-
using industries. The schedule for the courses
is as follows: Gluing of Wood, December 1
to 6; Wood Properties and Uses (for lumber
salesmen, dealers and purchasers), December
8 to 13; Kiln Drying of Lumber, December 8
to 19.
The course in boxing and crating, usually
offered in conjunction with the others, will not
be given in December, but will probably be
repeated in the Spring.
Applications for these courses, or requests
for information in regard to the instruction,
should be addressed to the director of the For-
est Products Laboratory.
Better Conditions Shown
Christopher St., New York
Veneer Men Report Demand for Rosewood,
Satinwood, Redwood and Tulipwood Due to
Period Models
The demand for veneers on the part of piano
manufacturing houses is continuing heavy in
the New York district, according to statements
obtained this week from the veneer trade by a
representative of The Review. Isaac I. Cole &
Son, New York, report a heavy September busi-
ness in both mahogany and walnut veneers,
which is continuing steady through October.
Piano manufacturers who are specializing in
making period model small grands are making
constant inquiries for some of the rarer types
of veneers, such as rosewood, satinwood, red-
wood and even tulipwood. These woods are
available in large quantities' as a rule, but the
steady supply has been curtailed considerably
this season by furniture manufacturers through-
out the country, who seem intent on using all
sorts of rare and freak finishes.
A British salesman recently made the rounds
of the New York veneer dealers, many of whom
supply piano factories, for the purpose of inter-
esting them in some new Indian stock. The
outstanding sample shown was a piece of Indian
laurel, which possessed an attractive figure but
which was far too hard to be workable as piano
veneer. Innovations of this sort rarely make
their way into the piano industry, which has a
!
more rigid demand in the matter of veneer
j quality than most of the other wood-finishing
i industries.
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 27.—A spirit of
optimism characterizes the authorized report of
the Federal Reserve Board relative to the in-
crease in the production of basic commodities, , Friends and acquaintances of Ted L. Lutkins,
factory employment and distribution of mer- ; Jr., of the house of T. L. Lutkins, Inc., New
chandise. The board's advance summary of t York, importer and manufacturer of player-
general business and financial conditions in the piano leathers, have been congratulating him
reserve districts, based upon statistics for Sep- recently on the birth of a son to Mrs. Lutkins.
tember and the first part of October, asserts
THE HEART OF THE
that the board's index of production in basic
industries, adjusted to allow for seasonal varia-
tions, rose 9 per cent in September. This was
the first advance in such production since Jan-
uary. Increased activity was reported in many
lines of industry, including textiles, iron and
steel and coal.
"Factory employment increased 2 per cent
during September," the board's announcement
continues, "reflecting larger working forces in
nearly all reporting industries. Average weekly
earnings of industrial workers increased slightly,
owing to a decrease in the extent of part-time
employment."
j
Son for T. L. Lutkins, Jr.
PIANO
To Make Mill Responsible
ATLANTIC CITY, N..J., October 25.—Among the
projects discussed at the ninth annual conven-
tion of the National Retail Lumber Dealers'
Association held here this week was a plan to
have Congress amend the Interstate Commerce
Law to make the shipper of lumber from the
mills to the dealer or manufacturer responsible
for excess charges due to delay on the part of
the railroads, instead of the consignee or pur-
chaser.
THE STANDARD ACTION CO.,
CAMBRIDGE, M A S S .
WHITE, SON CO.
Manufacturers of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO
™? ART NOVELT YCO.
Piano Ben.eh.es
and Musie Cabinets
LEATHERS
Write, for catalog Qj\d details
INDIANA
530-540 Atlantic A?e., BOSTON, MASS.
Cxclusive manufacturers of
Stains
Fillers
Near 6th Aye., and 8th St.
Growing Demand for
Out-of-Ordinary Veneers
GOSHEN